How cold is too cold?

[Thomas]

I agree with Hotwine in his assessment that the lower the temperature, the slower the wine matures. But unless the wine is frozen to a solid, low temperatures don't hurt it. Wide temperature swings, however, can be a problem but really only if the swings are from cold to hot--not from cold to quite cool.<P>I maintain a natural stone cellar--it is properly humid and it never gets warm or hot. But in winter the temperature does drop to 40 or so from a high of about 50 in summer. No wine that i can tell has been spoiled by the swing--but they do age a little slower.